Doug McCarthy was elected to the Board in a special election in November 2017 and reelected in November 2019. His current term expires December 31, 2023.

Mr. McCarthy represents the Board as Chairman of the Public Works Committee and the Code and Ordinance Committee; a member of the Human Resources Committee; the Technology Committee; as a non-voting liaison to the Social Services Board; and as a non-voting liaison Alternate on the Planning Commission.

Mr. McCarthy is an attorney and owner of the law firm McCarthy & Akers, PLC. He is a life-long resident of Frederick County and lives with his wife Megan and their children at their home in Siler, where they operate a small family farm that has been in Doug’s family for more than 150 years.

Doug has served on the Boards of Directors of Lord Fairfax Community College, Chelsea Academy, The Village at Orchard Ridge, the Adult Care Center of the Northern Shenandoah Valley and New Eve Maternity Home.

He earned a Bachelor of Science from Shepherd University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Dayton.